The C's are hosed without Jordan as far as being able to re-form the team and start building around a new core.
TL;DR: I'd rather have another run with Pierce & KG than a bunch of second round draft picks any day of the week.

Jordan is far from a make or break piece in a rebuild. He's still young so he can improve, but at the moment he has some serious holes in his game and would be vastly overpaid at $13mm/yr due to his trade kicker. I wouldn't hate acquiring him, but he comes with some negatives.

I get the sentimental aspect of wanting to keep KG/PP, but letting Doc go clearly shows that we we are going into a rebuild. Might as well get some assets while we can.

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Originally Posted by prock

Doc is probably a top three coach in the league..

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Originally Posted by Rob S

Doc is a significant upgrade from Del Negro.

This. Doc is a great coach. It's a good deal for both sides. The Clips go from one of the worst coaches in the league to one of the best. The Celtics get a 1st and save $21mm going into a rebuild.

I just remember Rivers before KG and Thibodeau. Not even talking about the year before KG (though Doc was definitely pretty awful that year too), and even after with how he played Scal and Baby while guys like Powe and Bill Walker sat.

I just remember Rivers before KG and Thibodeau. Not even talking about the year before KG (though Doc was definitely pretty awful that year too), and even after with how he played Scal and Baby while guys like Powe and Bill Walker sat.

I'm sorry, but did you just use sitting Bill Walker as an example of a coach being bad at his job?

The greatest coach evar in the NBA just played a big part in his team losing the NBA Championship, so it's hard to gauge just how "good" good coaches are. I think having a coach that won't **** up is more important than having a coach that will be some elite strategic mind.

Pop just made me lose all faith in coaches. He wasn't supposed to do that. He was supposed to be the one guy that wouldn't blink on the biggest stage. Ugh.

I think we generally overstate small mishaps and mistake solid/good coaches as bad because certain decisions don't work. A lot of the things that Pop did in game 6 were things he has done throughout his career, they just happened to not work this time. Giving stars rest at the beginning of the 4th quarter is nothing new. Letting Ginobili play through mistakes is nothing new. He's had bad games before but because Pop let him play through them he ended up making big plays down the stretch. It didn't work this time and I would have sat him eventually but hey, Popovich is smarter than me or anyone that is questioning him and he's proven that for over a decade now.

It's one thing to let your guy fight through mistakes during the regular season, or when he has shown that he can consistently perform at a high level. Like you mentioned, Ginobili was bad ALL season, and he was awful for the whole series. The way the Spurs collapsed while Pop just sat there watching them, is absolutely unforgivable. They had a championship slip through their hands.

Watched every minute of the series. Second half of game 5 is why i said "consistently". And Leonard came out and admitted after game 4 that they were completely caught off guard and unprepared for what the Heat did lineup-wise. Not necessarily a gold star for Pop, either.